Don’t be fooled by the images of the portable heater with the “Amish-Made” mantle. You pay through the nose for something that puts out about as much heat as a $21 heater from Wal-mart. The photos showing Amish men wiping cabinets and driving away with them in the back of a horse-drawn buggy are likely Photoshopped. The heating element is made in China… need I say more?
And the same company has been linked to a scheme selling digital converter boxes that can be obtained for a fraction of the price with a government coupon.
Arlington, VA – June 20, 2008 – BBB is alerting consumers to beware of a misleading advertising campaign by an Ohio-based company called Universal TechTronics. Ads are running across the U.S. promising free television channels, services and digital TV converter boxes, but are really a bait and switch tactic that prey on consumers’ lack of knowledge about digital TV conversion requirements.
Amish women working? Amish women wearing bright colors?
This Amish “Barn†looks like a Prefab Aluminum shed.
If we are to mistake these actors for Amish, the advertiser need to do their homework. I think the only thing done by hand is unwrapping and applying the Plastic wood grain print onto the particle board box frame. The WSJ adds also mention how proud they are to have obtained a Underwriter Laboratories certification. (I suppose the 100 watt light bulb inside this heats safely?)